Guinea-Bissau and Uruguay Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
	Uruguay
Leader
Interim president: Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo	President: Jose Mujica
Population
1,628,603	3,316,328
Life Expectancy
49.110 years	76.410 years
Capital City
	Montevideo
Largest city
Bissau (population: 388,028)	Montevideo (population: 1,270,740)
Human Development Index
0.383	0.859
GDP per capita
	$15,300 US
Literacy Rate
42.4%	98%
Corruption Perception Index
1.9	6.9
Percentage of Women in Parliament
14%	12.3%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
	6.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Abolished

Political System
republic	constitutional republic
Independence date
	25 August 1825 (from Brazil)
Religions
Muslim 50%, indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 10%	Roman Catholic 47.1%, non-Catholic Christians 11.1%, nondenominational 23.2%, Jewish 0.3%, atheist or agnostic 17.2%, other 1.1% (2006)
Languages
Portuguese (official), Crioulo, African languages	Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)
Exports
	meat, rice, leather products, wool, fish, dairy products
External Debt
	$15,400,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
	Uruguayan pesos (UYU) per US dollar - 20.438 (2008 est.), 23.947 (2007), 24.048 (2006), 24.479 (2005), 28.704 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
	1.600%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal	Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil
Area
36,125 km sq	176,215 km sq
Coastline
350 km	660 km
Climate
tropical; generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds	warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown

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